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Some say Odyssey has always been woke, and may have been written by a woman. Joseph Campbell knew a thing or two about the Hero’s Journey. Campbell often cited Butler's 1900 prose translation and his literary commentary The Authoress of the Odyssey during his lectures on the return of the goddess. Campbell emphasize

Finished reading The Physician by Noah Gordon this weekend. In the end, it was one of those books that I didn’t love while I read it, but I am left with a feeling of complete satisfaction and I think I will remember the characters and the story for a long time.

Detail of the writing and printing workshop in the oldest book museum in the wotld.

Reading Sophie’s World Already read around 50% of it. It’s a crash course in the history of philosophy. I’m not sure who is going to like this book. People who have already read philosophy probably don’t need it because it only outlines the ideas of various philosophers without going deep into any of them. And peopl

Has anyone read any of the later Mistborn books after the trilogy? I’m finishing up the latest Red Rising book, and wondering if I need to dip back into the Misborn world But I know it’s long after the first trilogy and all new characters

https://www.waggish.org/critical-editions-of-shakespeare/

a little yellow happyplace has popped up in the neighborhood 🌼

Feeling a little burnt out lately and haven’t been able to connect with any books for a while. Today picked this up and trying to grow an appreciation for the experiment we call “freedoms”. First paragraph and am already reminded we are constantly in a fight for decentralization when centrality becomes abused. An

Estoy leyendo este libro y cada 5 mintos estoy pensando "ya verás es ahora cuando hablar de Ethereum" https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rutger-bregman/humankind/9780316418553/?lens=little-brown

My Tuesday morning run was about 8.1 lbs heavier on the way home. An architect that lives around the corner was getting rid of a ton of books and magazines and this has oike 3 of my top 5 favorite words on it. Spent a couple hours reading through it today - worth the trek imo. For reference, here is how it stacks up

Thinking about adding Book 1 of this series to my upcoming Amazon order

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If you're reading Walden and you're not surrounded by trees, you're probably doing something wrong.

Let the book organization / shelf cleaning begin Still need more books imo

summer reading list